{"id":46439,"date":"2025-08-07T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46439"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:16:50","slug":"canada-1-1-in-world-games-at-chengdu-china-play-tonight-thursday-at-10pm-edt-vs-singapore-for-spot-in-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46439","title":{"rendered":"Canada 1-1 in World Games at Chengdu China, Play Tonight (Thursday) at 10pm EDT vs. Singapore for spot in semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/softball.ca\/news\/the-world-games-2025-mens-softball-game-1-amp-2.htm\">From  Softball Canada official website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamCanada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MNT<\/a> defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoftballOz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SoftballOz<\/a> 11-2 before dropping a 6-3 decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASoftball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USASoftball<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twg2025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twg2025<\/a><br><br>Game Recaps ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9OVfgkfpX1\">https:\/\/t.co\/9OVfgkfpX1<\/a><br><br>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br><br>L&#39;\u00e9quipe nationale de softball masculin du Canada a remport\u00e9 une victoire de 11 \u00e0 2 contre l&#39;Australie avant de\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I5XbhmTqgr\">pic.twitter.com\/I5XbhmTqgr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Softball Canada (@SoftballCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoftballCanada\/status\/1953501478737653773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Chengdu, China. &#8211; The Quick Story:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After seeing their first game postponed due to unforeseen circumstances followed by a lengthy rain delay before the beginning of the second day of competition, the Canadian Men\u2019s National Team hit the field with a doubleheader, defeating Australia 11-2 on the run rule before dropping a 6-3 decision to the United States after five innings later in the day in a game that was stopped due to darkness and deemed a completed regulation game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Moments \u2013 Game 1 vs. Australia:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Canada took control of the game with a six-run second inning, loading the bases with one out before a string of six consecutive hits by Nick White (RBI single), <strong>Bradley Ezekiel<\/strong> (two-run single),<strong> Ty Sebastian <\/strong>(RBI double),<strong> Blake Hunter<\/strong> (RBI single) and Jordan Pomeroy (RBI single). After Canada added a run in the top of the fourth, <strong>Bradley Ezekiel put the game away with a grand slam<\/strong> in the fifth to seal the 11-2 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Boom! ?? Brad Ezekiel blasts a grand slam!<br><br>?? Copyright by IWGA\/The World Games.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TWG2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TWG2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PWlorUEEab\">pic.twitter.com\/PWlorUEEab<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1953344942912209025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another marvellous game for Brad Ezekiel.   He is truly an elite hitter for me one of the best Canadian players ever <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dRmNnrZaiB\">https:\/\/t.co\/dRmNnrZaiB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Peter Loubardias (@LoubardiasMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoubardiasMedia\/status\/1953431318378795353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Moments \u2013 Game 2 vs. USA:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Americans jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before Canada came back to tie the game in the bottom of the second. <strong>Jordan Pomeroy<\/strong> had a lengthy at bat before reaching on a throwing error, followed by a single by Justin Laskowski before <strong>Derek Hyde<\/strong> hit an RBI single and <strong>Mitch McKay<\/strong> followed with a two-run single to make it 3-3. USA regained the lead with a solo homerun in the top of the fourth, then added a two-run shot in the fifth. The game was suspended due to darkness after Canada\u2019s at-bat in the bottom of the fifth and later deemed a completed regulation game by tournament officials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/softball.ca\/news\/the-world-games-2025-mens-softball-game-1-amp-2.htm\">Click here to read the complete story and view stats<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada (1-1) returns to action against Singapore (1-1) at 10:00am China Standard time on Friday (10:00pm EDT Thursday) with the winner earning a spot in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverage of The World Games is available through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworldgames.org\/\">event website<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-the-world-games-mens-softball\/home\">WBSC website<\/a>&nbsp;and streaming at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/live.theworldgames.org\/\">https:\/\/live.theworldgames.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Softball Canada official website Click here to read the complete story and view stats Canada (1-1) returns to action against Singapore (1-1) at 10:00am China Standard time on Friday (10:00pm EDT Thursday) with the winner earning a spot in the semi-finals. Coverage of The World Games is available through the&nbsp;event website, the&nbsp;WBSC website&nbsp;and streaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,5,28],"tags":[193,1649],"class_list":{"0":"post-46439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-asia","7":"category-canada","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-softballcanada","10":"tag-worldgames2025","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46439"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46443,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46439\/revisions\/46443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}